Had the President put into the protection of the colored people at the South half the effort and earnest will with which he maintained his San Domingo contrivance, the murderous Ku-Klux would have been driven from the field and peace assured.
Sumner argues that the President's lack of effort to protect Southern Black citizens contributed to ongoing violence from the Ku Klux Klan.
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